At What Point?

At what point does a persona you've created become more of you than your old self is? What is the point of no return at which you can no longer distinguish persona from person? I don't know about others, but I think I've recently passed that point with my "Highland Sage" persona. About a year and a half ago I merely created it to have a sort of escape from being Dominic. But now, Dominic is the Highland Sage, and the Highland Sage is Dominic. Yet they are still both there. It's as if the character I created slowly crept into my normal life. But you know what? I'm glad. I originally created The Highland Sage as an idealistic, romantic, random, poet. And that is what I have become, though with the stability of someone in the real world. Over all, it's not too bad actually. I suppose it was my way of choosing what I found ideal, and working to become it. And I suppose it worked pretty well. With that thought in mind this is the one and only Highland Sage, reminding you to keep striving to become your best, and always remember that:

Life is good, even when it's not!

Ocarinas

Well, after a busy weekend, here I am, posting. I got my Ocarinas in the mail yesterday, and I can already play like five songs, though I've only really mastered one. It's totally awesome! And I would go into poetics, but I'm afraid of where they might go tonight. Maybe I'll give you something a little more refined later in the week.

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WooHoo

I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus' garden in the shade
...
We would sing and dance around
because we know we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade


I got Abbey Road for my birthday!! There's some really good songs on it. And some not so good songs on it. But overall I like it. Course, I've only listened to it once. I finally ran again today. I was please, I only lost about 30 seconds in nearly two months. And my course usually takes me between 13-14 minutes to run. So I did pretty well. The monsoons are here finally, and It's great! Course, I'd rather be in an octopus' garden, but who wouldn't?

I'd like to be under the sea...

Final June Post

Well, I just thought I'd make one more post before June ends for this year. It's kind of a funny thing to think about. There will never be another June of 2008. It's going to be gone soon. Wow, that's really strange to think about. Anyways...

I had three strange dreams last night. Fighting Black Magic that turned peoples eyes green and then made them evil, going on another camp out, and last but not least, exploring the Papal mansion. None of the story lines were based in reality. The characters were all people I know though. Mostly. There were a few shady figures in the first, and I couldn't tell if they were gangsters or government agents. I think my subconscious is having a nervous breakdown. Seriously though, it must have been one of those dreams re-processing recent events, because I can think of how all of it could be tied into stuff that's happened to me recently. Well, I think that's just about enough of me for tonight! Thank you, and goodnight.

Jotungard

So, I just wrote the first word that popped into my head for a title. It's not really relevant to what this post is about, but oh well.

Anyway, I'd like to take a few moments to talk about fear. It's been something I've been thinking about this week. First, Father's homily on Sunday was about fear. He talked about how fear holds us back in our relationship with God. We're afraid to go deeper because we may not like what God wants us to do. It was interesting. Then, yesterday, I had a first hand experience with what I could have missed if I had given in to fear. You see, I was afraid to start a certain conversation I had yesterday, but I did, and in the end I got a lot out of it. I'm very glad I didn't listen to my fears. I guess it's true what FDR said, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." And also, wasn't it God who said it first, "Be not afraid."? With that in mind, I'll take my leave.

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